“…”

After listening to Shen Yuechuan’s words, Lin Zhixia’s world was suddenly at a standstill and she couldn’t come to her senses.

“Zhixia, I’m sorry to you talk with you about it.” Shen Yuechuan said these harrowing words in a gentlemanly manner. “But that’s the truth.”

Out of instinct, Lin Zhixia tried to reject the truth.

No, she did not believe it!

Getting to know Shen Yuechuan was a very accidental opportunity for her.

Among a group of sons of rich families, Shen Yuechuan was like a Triton of the minnows.

Although the others were not mediocre, Shen Yuechuan was just so excellent. Whether in appearance or ability, those so-called sons of rich families were no match for him.

When it came to business, Shen Yuechuan was calm and collected, who overwhelmingly exuded an air of mightiness through his words and deeds. All the sons of rich families who used to be arrogant and proud were convinced by him.

Lin Zhixia saw him and clearly felt that her heart was beating faster.

Shen Yuechuan was simply her dream lover come to life. She had been unable to resist him even though she had not communicated with him yet.

On that day, after business was done, the group of people began to entertain themselves. Lin Zhixia had thought that Shen Yuechuan was not interested in doing that. But unexpectedly, Shen Yuechuan enjoyed himself more than anyone else. Occasionally, he exuded an air of impish nature and humor. Also, he was unconventional. Not only did he not make people disgusted, but he was even more charming.

A man with talent, taste, romance, and strength would always be very popular wherever he went, right?

Lin Zhixia asked Shen Yuechuan’s friends about his background. When she found out that he was working in Lu Enterprises, she thought more highly of him.

Lu Enterprises was a place where young and excellent talents could easily be found.

Lin Zhixia’s friend saw through her thoughts and told her with a meaningful smile, “If you want to get to know him, just go ahead! Dear, trust me. No man will refuse you. Besides, Shen Yuechuan hasn’t had a girlfriend recently!”

“Recently?” Lin Zhixia grasped this point and was a little confused. “What do you mean?”

Her friend thought for a moment then decided to tell her. “Shen Yuechuan is more intelligent, more capable, and more excellent than other playboys here. The only thing he has in common with them is that he’s a playboy too. He hasn’t had so many lovers that they can circle the earth, but at least they can circle City A. I heard that he has been busy recently, so he’s temporarily been girlfriend-free for such a long time.”

“Playboy…”

To be honest, Lin Zhixia found it hard to accept it.

But as the saying goes, when you really like a person, even their shortcomings will become lovely flaws in your eyes.

At that moment, Lin Zhixia was thinking the same way. As long as it was him, everything else didn’t matter to her. She accepted that he used to treat life as merely playing games and she accepted everything about him.

If she really had a chance to date him, she was willing to accept a few shortcomings he exposed in life.

He seemed to fall in love with her at first sight.

Lin Zhixia took the initiative to get to know Shen Yuechuan, and the latter stared at her for a few seconds and then began to ask her out for coffee the next day.

As just as her friend had said, no man could refuse her, later on, Lin Zhixia naturally dated Shen Yuechuan.

To Lin Zhixia’s surprise, when they got together, before she had time to discover Shen Yuechuan’s imperfections, his “confession” arrived.

She could accept Shen Yuechuan’s rich experience in love as well as his imperfections.

But she could not accept this “truth”.

She was Lin Zhixia, who was always described as being “perfect” and had countless pursuers.

How could Shen Yuechuan treat her like that?

How could he bear to treat her like that!

Later, Lin Zhixia understood that even if a man didn’t love you, he could still act a gentleman in front of you. However, he would never care about how you felt.

For him, your sadness and struggle were nothing more than a silent drama unrelated to him.

Lin Zhixia closed her eyes and looked sad, but she was trying hard to hold back her tears. “Why did you tell me?”

“You should know.” Shen Yuechuan said lightly, “You also have the right to choose.”

“Choose?” Lin Zhixia allowed herself a wry smile. “What choice are you going to give me after telling me the truth?”

Shen Yuechuan said, “First, we can announce that we have separated, and I will compensate you.”

He seemed to be talking about business. There was not even any emotion heard in his voice, let alone unwillingness.

From primary school to university, Lin Zhixia had never had a lack of pursuers. She had dated several of them for a short time, but in the end, she found that no matter how outstanding they were at first glance, after she got along with them for a period of time, all kinds of shortcomings would always be exposed.

After weighing the pros and cons, she chose to end the relationship and put an end to her emotional commitment.

She was not sad, because she knew that that person could not bring her the life she wanted.

Shen Yuechuan was like a curse that God had cast on her. This man was not only her dream partner, but also so dazzling that people could not take their eyes off him.

He just mentioned breaking up with her. She was already heartbroken, and there was a voice in her heart shouting: “No breakup! I cannot let this man go anyway!”

Lin Zhixia’s eyes turned red. She shook her head and asked, “What’s the second choice?”

“Second, we will continue to be a couple.” Shen Yuechuan’s tone was still indifferent. “I will pay you a certain amount of money as compensation, but you have to follow some rules. One day, if you don’t want to maintain this relationship anymore, you can put forward breaking up with me. Our cooperation will immediately end and I won’t force you to maintain it.”

Tears welled up in Lin Zhixia’s eyes. “So, if I want to continue being with you, I can only maintain a superficially romantic relationship with you, but in fact, we are just partners, aren’t we?”

“That’s right.” After a pause, Shen Yuechuan continued, “If we don’t hate this kind of relationship, we can get engaged or get married after a period of time.”

If nothing had happened, and if Shen Yuechuan had said the latter half of the sentence as soon as he entered the restaurant, Lin Zhixia would have been very happy.

But now, her mind was filled with sorrow, and she did not feel an ounce of happiness at all.

Holding on to the last shred of hope, Lin Zhixia asked in a trembling voice, “Do you really want to marry me?”

Shen Yuechuan didn’t answer her directly, but said, “You are smarter and more sensible than ordinary girls. I need such a marriage partner as you.”

It was not because of love, nor did it have anything to do with romance; it was simply because she met his requirements.

“Shen Yuechuan,” Lin Zhixia cried and said, “do you know that you made me suffer the greatest insult in my life? But, I seem to be enchanted by you. I can’t bear to scold you… to leave you… What should I do?”

“I’m sorry.” Shen Yuechuan handed her a tissue. “I can give you everything aside from love.”

Lin Zhixia closed her eyes, but she couldn’t stop her surging tears.

She once felt that as long as the man loved her and as long as he was unparalleledly excellent, even if she had no feelings for him, she would be willing to be with him.

Affection could be cultivated, but it was not so easy for her to meet a man who could meet all her requirements.

It was not until this moment that Lin Zhixia realized that after falling in love with someone, a person would become greedy. She wanted everything about him, especially his love and pampering.

However, Shen Yuechuan clearly told her that he could give her the best bread. But as for love… he could do nothing about it.

Lin Zhixia’s pride told her that she should refuse, for she was Lin Zhixia, who could find a man who could give her love at any time after walking out of this Western restaurant.

At the same time, Lin Zhixia’s pride was also making mischief in her heart.

She had caused so many people to be fascinated by her and to bend to her. She couldn’t lose confidence in herself just because she liked Shen Yuechuan first.

No matter how outstanding Shen Yuechuan was and how much attention he attracted, in essence, he was a man.

“How much temptation can he endure when so many women are hungrily eyeing a talented young man like him?

“Even if I’m just his nominal girlfriend, I still have a lot more opportunities than other women.

“There is a long way to go. I have plenty of ways to get to the bottom of the whole thing and make Shen Yuechuan fall in love with me!”

Lin Zhixia wiped away her tears and said, “I choose the second one.”

Shen Yuechuan was somewhat surprised.

When he was speaking frankly, he was not hopeful about it. Lin Zhixia was indeed gentle, but she was still proud. He had thought that she would not agree.

“You know, I like you so much.” Lin Zhixia seemed to be particularly gentle even if she was helpless now. “I will stay with you for another period of time. When I fully understand the truth, maybe I will choose to leave…”

Shen Yuechuan just replied, “You are free at any time.”

He had tried his best to make it up to Lin Zhixia, but he still felt sorry for her because of his request. As long as she wanted, she could break free of their cooperation at any time and regain her freedom.

This was the last thing he could do for Lin Zhixia.

Lin Zhixia let out a wry smile and said, “You know, I don’t want you to give me such freedom.”

“I’m sorry, Zhixia.”

Shen Yuechuan was really sorry, but he really couldn’t do anything about it.

He didn’t know when he could set aside his love for Xiao Yunyun. Maybe he would bear her in mind for more than 10 years, just like Lu Boyan.

However, he would not be as lucky as Lu Boyan. He and Xiao Yunyun would never have a chance…

Besides, he did not even know how long he could live.

Therefore, he didn’t want to waste any more of Lin Zhixia’s time.

“This is my choice. You don’t have to apologize to me.” Lin Zhixia stood up. “I want to go. Can you send me home?”

“I’m going back to have a video conference.” Shen Yuechuan said, “I’ll have the driver send you.”

Lin Zhixia was very smart. She smiled and said, “You said that I should abide by a few rules. I guess that they must include that ‘You won’t interfere with my freedom, and I can’t interfere with yours either’, right?”

“…”

Shen Yuechuan didn’t say anything, but he really hoped that he and Lin Zhixia would not interfere in each other’s affairs.

Lin Zhixia had already known the answer. She nodded and turned to walk out of the Western restaurant.

On the way home, Lin Zhixia took out a photo from her bag.

In the photo, Shen Yuechuan and Xiao Yunyun were particularly eye-catching. They sat opposite each other. Xiao Yunyun put the kabob she had bitten up to Shen Yuechuan’s mouth, and he opened his mouth and bit it…

Such intimacy made Lin Zhixia envious.

No matter whether her guess was right or not, she would not easily give up on Shen Yuechuan.

If she guessed correctly, she didn’t have anything to worry about. The laws and ethics didn’t allow a brother and a sister to be together.

If she guessed wrong, she didn’t have to worry too much, either. She was more than capable of dealing with ordinary girls. She didn’t believe that she would lose.

As she thought about this, Lin Zhixia’s tears gradually disappeared, and the injury in her eyes was replaced by a kind of cruelty.

She tried her best to disguise herself in order to win the heart of men like Shen Yuechuan.

As a result, she would never give up so easily!